Australian Museum
Australian Museum: Mammals of Sydney Harbour
Engaging site which covers some of the 40 species of mammals that live in Australia. Get quick interesting information on rodents, marsupials, bats and marine mammals that live in the Sydney Harbour area of Australia.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Pademelon (Thylogale)
Provides photographs and a fact card about the pademelon, an Australian marsupial. Discusses the different species, lifestyle, habitat, diet, predators, reproduction and development.
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: Animals: Koala
"Koalas are marsupials, related to kangaroos." Fun facts, video and audio clips make this a great National Geographic site for student research projects.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Tasmanian Devil
The Tasmanian devil is a real Australian marsupial mammal and nothing like the cartoon character as you will find out in this illustrated article.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Koala
Gather the facts about the adorable Australian marsupial, the Koala. This webpage provides a simple descriptive overview of the koala. It also discusses where they are found, their habitat, reproduction, activity, feeding and much more.
Australian Museum
Australian Museum: Mammals
Australian Museum Online has a collection of mammals including bats, platypus, and marsupials. Take a peek. Read about the monkey-faced bat, the mountain brushtail possum, and the tree kangaroo.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Australian Numbat
Here's a webpage from Unique Australian Animals that offers a simple overview on the characteristics and lifestyles of the Australian Numbat, also known as the Banded Anteater.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Spotted Tailed Quoll
The world's second largest carnivorous marsupial, the spotted tailed quoll, is no bigger than a domestic cat and found only in Australia.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Red Tailed Phascogale
Discover the Australian red-tailed phascogale, also called the brush-tailed marsupial mouse, in this illustrated article.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Tasmanian Pademelon
The Tasmanian Pademelon, one of Australia's marsupial mammals, is described and illustrated.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Koalas
This resource presents detailed information about the koala, including several photos and a video clip. [0:12]
Bagheera
Bagheera: Numbat
This site explores the unique characteristics and natural history of the numbat (marsupial anteater). Special focus is given to how and why this animal is endangered, and what conservation efforts are currently underway. Related learning...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Walking With Dinosaurs: Fact Files: Didelphodon
Read about the Didelphodon, a marsupial from the Mesozoic era and Cretaceous period. Learn what fossils have taught us about their habitat, diet, and senses, and view an animated image showing how this mammal may have moved.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Leadbeater's Possum
Unique Australian Animals profiles the marsupial mammal Leadbeater's possum with photos and text.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Sugar Glider
Sugar Glider, scientifically called Petaurus breviceps, is a small arboreal gliding possum, and a type of marsupial mammal.
BBC
Bbc: Nature Wildfacts: Eastern Grey Kangaroo
BBC Wildfacts profiles the eastern kangaroo of Australia with photographs and a fact sheet.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Wallaroo (Euro)
Read this description of a Wallaroo to find out why this animal is not a wallaby or a kangaroo.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Wombat
Visit this webpage to learn more about the wombat.
PBS
Nova: Bone Diggers: Anatomy of Thylacoleo
Thylacoleo or the extinct marsupial lion had an unusual array of adaptations that enabled it to be an effective predator. Explore an interactive fossil of the lion to learn more about each of its' adaptations.
Australian Museum
Australia Museum: Thylacine
The Thylacine, once an inhabitant of Australia is now extinct because of excessive hunting and competition with dingos and dogs. The Australian Museum provides general information on this interesting carnivore and photographs of the last...
Regents of the University of Michigan
Animal Diversity Web: Peramelidae (Bandicoots & Bilbies)
This site provides a very brief overview of the Australian bandicoot.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Red Kangaroo
This article, illustrated with many photographs, profiles the red kangarook, Australia's largest kangaroo from nearly 60 species.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Thylacine
This personal webpage is a brief description of the Thylacine, or Tasmanian Tiger.